I finally had to go and return to the kennel health Collemaggio L'Aquila, where I had brought some 'time ago in a serious condition following the injuries to the struggles for two females in heat. Two steps back to see who is Doomsday and its history in brief. I've seen in the village about 5 or 6 years ago, along with another cagnolona like him, came from nowhere, two young dogs of less than a year. He had a steel collar chain already tight, a sign that had been in contact with the man, perhaps someone who had lost / abandoned. Both are very wary, he's more so, her very nervous reactive (growling and barking to come close). I met them in my evening walks with my dogs and I could approach them only through them that much that was enough to take some photos.
After a few months, the female has given birth to three beautiful puppies, which unfortunately I saw for the first time when they were already forty days and already suspicious as the mother. Bringing them regularly to eat, I gained the trust of Doomsday, which had become a good shepherd of a 40in Abruzzo pounds. Growing in size, the mesh collar that was already close, came in the flesh for a few cm to cause a bad infection which then degenerated into gangrene, which is then cured spontaneously (I could not even give him the antibiotics because I could not trivial to see him regularly and / or touch).
One day he let go and was made to cut the chain with pliers (I had to cut many rings on both sides to extract the meat). Since then I have gained his trust, even though he has always been very suspicious and a dog that can not be easily bring those who do not know very, very good.
The three cubs have grown and the cub's mother is a candy (of which I will give you news soon and that is a big help). They are always together in a pack that has seen the matriarch lose after I managed to make her sterilization, but that number has grown with the latest litters. Now it's stable to seven, including two young girls born exactly one year ago. Those same a few weeks ago I went into heat and so scrambled all male sterilization (also inside the fences ...). From these struggles, which lasted several days, have come out in many battered (in addition to Lilly who died): Blanco had a bad hole above his left eye, Spartacus and Doomsday (father and son) but had clashed for a long time and had many cuts and bites a little hole 'anywhere between the head and neck. Doomsday had bad lacerations of the right ear. In one of these, for exceptional heat wave of several days, had developed the gigantic fly larvae in a short time, have literally swallowed the ear.
I had no idea how to cure it or how to get him and take him to a vet ... I could only hope to heal itself as it did in the past ... Unfortunately it was not the case. Luckily, I have warned that a dog "dying" (because of the stench of gangrene) had taken refuge in the garage. Sensing of those who arrived were already anxious. He immediately recognized my car and came to me exhausted. I wrapped in a blanket of batteries and, when loaded into the car, we rushed to the clinic the health of the kennel. Luckily I managed to save in spite of the serious conditions but it was necessary to amputate the ear entirely. Has recovered quite well and a few days ago was also sterilization.
I wanted to have a fence around it back in for him, but I found myself alone again to do everything, and despite my efforts, I failed again to complete the work. But he was immediately riambientato has quietly taken over the leadership position within the pack (only a few rings between him and Spartacus, but nothing more). Now they are always cool in the midst of lush vegetation that grows around my area and never strays far. I rely on this to some bushes close to the network where you fix: once used to be able to freely enter and leave, I could close them in without too alarmed, and to capture the two puppy from sterilization.
